Entries Tagged 'faith and work' ↓
March 31st, 2008 — faith and work, thehighcalling.org, blogging, highcallingblogs.com
The first HighCallingBlogs.com meme is spreading around the net. We’ve got people reflecting on lessons from some really odd jobs - a BBQ busboy, a Venus Fry Cook (not really), a sorter of phone cords (phones have cords?), and one really frightening picture of gas masks.
Drop by our main page to read some of these fun articles and insights.
And if you’ve ever had an odd job, write about it! Then shoot me an email so I can include you in the group. My Editor-in-Chief for TheHighCalling.org has tentatively agreed to let us publish the best meme entry on TheHighCalling.org. It could be you!
February 22nd, 2008 — faith and work, christianity, podcast, blogging, interviews
I’ve been talking to Ken Mann a bit via email lately. He directed me to this video that wrestles with relativism and the human need for absolute truth–and a rowdy discussion of the video over at ThinkingChristian.
The video is not quite three minutes. (Click here if it won’t load.)
So here are my thoughts and questions for you.
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February 4th, 2008 — faith and work, thehighcalling.org, interviews
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to interview Francis Collins for TheHighCalling.org. (You can read part one here.) Dr. Collins is the author of the New York Times hardback and paperback bestseller, The Language of God.
As far as I’m concerned, this book should be required reading for all Christians.
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January 31st, 2008 — writing, faith and work, christianity, thehighcalling.org, highcallingblogs.com
At Laity Lodge, we’ve had a close connection to J. I. Packer for many years. Every year, I get the chance to hear this man speak and open the Scripture. At first, his style seemed dry to me, but gradually I came to appreciate the incredible wisdom he has. One Laity Lodge director described listening to Packer as being something akin to drinking from a firehose.
In the first ever posted Laity Lodge video, here’s J. I. Packer describing his calling to write. (I’d be curious what you think of the video, too.)
January 28th, 2008 — faith and work, christianity, networking, marketing, blogtour, highcallingblogs.com
At FastCompany this month, Clive Thompson asks, “Is the Tipping Point Toast?” He makes a good point that “your average slob is just as likely as a well-connected person to start a huge new trend.”
Why should any readers of GoodWordEditing.com care?
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January 24th, 2008 — faith and work, christianity, parenting, interviews
Tina Howard, aka spaghettipie, interviewed me recently for her blog Stewardship Living, in which I hand out advice with shameless self-importance. Like this:
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January 17th, 2008 — writing, faith and work, poetry
I love Randy Ingermanson. Let me just start there. I’m very excited to be presenting at Mt. Hermon with L. L. Barkat in part because it means I also get to participate in Randy’s fiction workshop. In fact, I finally went and got Oxygen, a book I’ve been meaning to read for sometime.
That said, I found myself resisting Randy’s latest post at Advanced Fiction Writing…
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December 18th, 2007 — faith and work, thehighcalling.org, CSFF
For Christmas, the Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy Folks are featuring the second issue of the ezine Wayfarer’s Journal. The journal has had a bit of a slow start, only publishing two issues last year, but there are a few stories and poems to browse through.
My favorite elements of the site are nonfiction. For example, Brandon Barr’s discussion of Christian themes in Cordwainer Smith or Terri Main’s article on Luke Skywalker vs. St. Luke (great title). Terri Main concludes, “In all literature a character’s Christianity should set him or her apart from non-Christian characters. They must not only believe differently, they must also act differently. That means that they cannot use carnal weapons, either figuratively or literally, to win a spiritual war. They cannot confuse the agents of the enemy for the enemy himself.”
Now, that makes me think. I agree with the sentiment, but I wonder what kind of advice that becomes for someone who is sitting down to tell a ripping good yarn.
On their home page, Wayfarer’s Journal states that their mission is to “publish and review science fiction with a spiritual dimension.” Although that mission only implies that they are looking for ripping good yarns, focusing on the spiritual dimension is still a worthy, ambitious goal.
And it raises an important question for writers of Christian science fiction–or Christian fantasy, Christian fiction, Christian poetry, Christian drama, even good old fashioned Christian nonfiction.
What makes something spiritual?
(Keep reading, and I promise I’ll get to the picture of the fishheads.)
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November 16th, 2007 — faith and work, blogtipping
My friend, Liz, is thinking about the universe today. She’s like that. And her wonderful essay culminates (for me) with the recognition that everything is interconnected.
With every breath, I change the atmosphere.
With every step, I change the ground we share.
There’s another side to that kind of thinking. Sometimes I like to remember exactly how small I am.
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October 1st, 2007 — faith and work, christianity
Still “reporting” from the Religion Newswriter’s Association conference. (L.L., is this another serious post?) It is certainly longer than most of what I do here, but I hope readers will stay with me to the end.
On Thursday, I was included in a lunch with D. Michael Lindsay, author of the new book Faith in the Halls of Power.
The book came out today, and I wanted to be one of the first to review it. Let me be blunt. It’s great. Let me be hyperbolic. It’s a masterpiece.
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